Grate.



No. 837,745. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906. GIM SMITH & G. M. PETTY.

GRATB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1905 uueul'ow (1741577232354 and. a 6MP? 32:9?83%; W4

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GEORGE ii'smrn AND. GEORGE, M- PErrY, or KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

" GRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Applicatiou'filed June "1,1905. SerialNo- 263,309.

N 0. 837,745. Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

To LLZZ whom it may concern: vided with downwardly-directed bills 13 andBe it known that we, GEORGE M. "SMITH E 14, respectively, whereby themembers 8 and and GEORGE M. PE'rrY, citizens of the United F 10 areformed into hooks. 7 States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of lThe front of the basket has two or'more Knox, State of Tennessee, haveinvented cerlongitudinal members 15 and 16, arranged tain new and usefulImprovements in Grates; parallel with each other and the member 6, andwe do hereby declare the following to be and another member 17, whichlatter is ara full, clear, and exact description of the in- I rangedsubstantially in alinement with the vention, such as will enable othersskilled in ear or projection 9 and the hook 10. The the art to whichbottom of the basket it appertains to make and or grate upon which theuse the same. fuel is placed iscomposed of a series of bars, Thisinvention relates to grates, and more I 18, each connected at one of itsends to the particularly to grates employed in open firemember 5 andbent upwardly at its opposite places. end, as at 19, into engagementwith the rear One object of the invention is to provide a face of thelongitudinal bar 17. It will thus grate in the form of a basket, wherebythe 1 be seen that my improved basket is combasket, including thegrateitself, maybe hingposed of integral parts including spaced earsedly arranged with respect to the fireplace upon oneend and spaced hooksupon 0pp0' and detached therefrom. site ends Another object of theinvention resides in 'The reference character 20 designates a theprovision of an exceedingly simple, inexfireplace having side walls 21and 22 and a pensive, durable, and eifioient basket of the .l top-wall23. Disposed upon' the innerface of character described and for thepurposes I the wall 22, adjacent the outer edge thereof, stated. j areupper and lower hinge-pintles 24; and 25, With these and other objectsinview the respectively, upon which the corresponding present inventionconsists in the combination perforated ears 7 and Qare fitted to providea and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinswinging movement of thebasket with reafter more fully described, shown in the acspect to thefireplace. The opposite wall 21 companying drawing, and particularlypointhas projections 26 and 27. pro ecting from its ed out in theappended claims, it being uninner face, near the outer edge thereof, andin derstoodthat changes in the form, proporalinement with the respectivehinge-pintles tion, size, and minor details may be made 24 and 25, theprojections 26 and 27 being de within the scope of the claim without delsigned for engagement by the hooks 8 and 10 parting from the spirit orsacrificing any of I of the basket to lock the latter in position theadvantages of the present invention. with respect to the fireplace.

In the drawing there is shown an eleva- From the foregoing it will beseen that a tion of a fireplace with the grate and ash-pit slight upwardmovement upon the hooked door or fendei'in perspective and in open poendof the basket will permit a disengage sitions. v ment of the hooks 8 and10 from the projec- Referring now more particularly to the actions 26and 27 and allow a swinging movewhile the projections 8 and 10'are comanym drawm ters l and 2 designat the sides of the the basket, eachhaving its lower end directed laterally, as at 3 and 4, respectively,with their said laterally-directed ends connected bya cross-piece 5, theupper ends of the side bars 1 and 2 being connected by a cross-piece 16, from which fatter and directly over the side bars are projections 7and 8, which prothe reference characment of the basket upon thehinge-pintles 24 front of f and 25.

pit 28, having hinge-'pintlee29 and 30, arranged upon the wall 22 of thefireplace be neath and in alinement with the aforesaid hinge-pintles 24and 25 the lower hinge-pintles 29 and 30 being designed for the recetion' of the hinge members 31 and 32 of t e ect over and in spacedrelation to the memash-pit door .33, whereby the latter may be bers 3and 4. Formed upon the side bars 1 swung outwardly from the ash-pit 28.The and 2 between the projections 7' and 8 and. end of the gate,closure, or door 33 at its end the members 3 and 4, respectively, areother projections '9 and 10, the projections 7 and 9 having perforations"11 and 12, respectively,

I opposite to the end perforated ears are inwardly-directed each proand35, designedfor upon which the aforesaid formed .is provided withengagement with the up Beneath the fuel-basket isg 'ihe usual ash- Iupper and lower hooks 34."?

per and lower projections 36 and 37 ,-formed-- 11 on'=tlie=inner faceof" the well 2I',,whemby' t e ash-pit closure 33 may be secured inlooked position in the same manner as is the 5 fuel-basket.

As shown thed 'awing, the fuel-basket is entirely independent of theash-pit door, and the said basket and door 'are'so monn that they may beswungt outwardl inde 1o endently' ofeaeh other, t esazid' fue basket einlocated directly above the ash-pit door. hat is claimed j y Thecombination-with a fireplace includin sidewalls, of a. fuel-baskethinged to oneo l 5 said walls for outward swinging-movement,

and an esh-pitdoor hinged to the same wall" and directly beneaththefront portionof the fiiel-balsket; the said ash-pit door beingentirely inde on per edge 0 the ash-pit door being designed tote r withthe 'lowerforward edge of the fuel-basket when the fuel-basket 81nd doorenclosed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses."

G ORGE Ml SMI'I-Hi:

- GEGL PETTYI' Witnesses-z JFWQBQHANAN, W. A. CASH.

dent of the fuel hasket, the up-

